In The News

04.24.17

Cooke, Hallem, Wilson Among L.A.’s Top Women Lawyers

The Los Angeles Business Journal recognized Manatt partners Michelle Cooke, Timi Hallem and Donna Wilson as three of the most influential women lawyers in Los Angeles. The publication’s inaugural list highlights 50 of the most impactful women lawyers in Los Angeles, a region that is a ...


04.05.17

States Test Loan Rate Caps

American Banker quoted Manatt’s Brian Korn, chair of the firm’s digital finance and marketplace lending practice, in an article about interest rate caps in the marketplace lending industry.In Colorado, the state has taken aggressive steps to enforce its 12% rate cap for consumer loans, ...


03.27.17

SCOTUS Won’t Hear Massive Credit Card Interchange Suit

Digital Transactions interviewed Manatt’s Anita Boomstein, chair of the firm’s global payments practice, for an article about the Supreme Court’s refusal to hear an appeal of a lower-court decision regarding credit card payment rules and policies that threw out a $5.7 billion ...


03.15.17

Suits in CO Test Madden Doctrine

Debtwire quoted Manatt’s Brian Korn, chair of the firm’s digital finance and marketplace lending practice, in an article about suits filed by Colorado's Uniform Credit Code Administrator against Marlette Funding and Avant over the rates charged by the online unsecured consumer ...


02.17.17

Ocwen Settles Backdating Allegations in CA

Law360 covered Manatt’s representation of Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC against allegations brought by the California Department of Business Oversight that the mortgage servicer backdated mortgage payment notices. Manatt’s Donna Wilson, co-chair of the firm’s financial services ...


02.13.17

Wilson Elected to the American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers

Manatt today announced that Donna Wilson, co-chair of the firm’s financial services litigation and enforcement practice, has been selected to be inducted as a Fellow into the prestigious American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers, a professional association of lawyers ...


05.27.16

Solicitor General Disagrees With Madden Verdict

Lend Academy interviewed Manatt’s Brian Korn, chair of the firm’s Digital Finance and Marketplace Lending practice, for an article about the Solicitor General’s statement that the Second Circuit made the wrong decision in Madden vs. Midland Funding.“This is a great brief for ...


05.16.16

What the Spokeo Ruling Means for Consumer Plaintiffs

Law360 interviewed Manatt’s Richard Gottlieb, a partner in the firm’s Consumer Financial Services practice, for an article chronicling attorneys’ reactions to the Supreme Court’s ruling in Spokeo Inc. v. Thomas Robins et al, in which it was determined that a consumer could ...


05.16.16

‘No-Injury’ Means No Class Action, Court Says

Forbes quoted Manatt’s Richard Gottlieb, a partner in the firm’s Consumer Financial Services practice, for an article about implications of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Spokeo Inc. v. Thomas Robins et al, requiring plaintiffs to plead a “concrete” injury to proceed in ...


05.03.16

CFPB Arbitration Proposal Means More Lawsuits

American Banker quoted Richard Gottlieb, a partner in the firm’s Financial Services Litigation practice, about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s new arbitration proposal. The proposal will limit the use of arbitration clauses in millions of financial contracts, including those ...